AFTER THE FRACTURE — an archaeology of survival I did not rebuild what broke; I learned its grammar instead. In the quiet labour of picking up the pieces,

Recall those talk tracks When we ran track hurdles I can't keep tracking #senryu

When your hand reaches Sometimes my heart skips a beat My feet gain a step #senryu

Resting in cat realms Living in different dreams lie A breathing lifeline #senryu

Marketing seasons and purposely confusing Natural rhythms To keep our capacity Low frequency control #tanka

Table top spinner Balanced precociously Wild momentum #senryu

We are both lucky To just enjoy each other Rarity of that #senryu

she’s got a sweater kind of soul the kind that holds you with every fragile fibre the kind that doesn’t know how to keep you anything but warm #poetry

Not labeled product Humans forget humanness Change the narrative #senryu

Paddy caked myself Observed internal stressors Now, regulate self #senryu

Questioning the jump Restless amid dreaming Pivoting sideways #senryu

Rush of forbidden Stoic self-restraint holds fast Stealing stolen time #senryu

Vulnerable self Through exposure therapy Whimsical deaths bloom #senryu

Gobsmacked and running Prancing nightmare to nightmare Gallons of koolaid #senryu

Circular targets Forever bending inward Relentless judgement #senryu

Silly dialogues Ruining their narratives Not a group project #senryu

Sometimes I forgot All the things I wanted to And other things too #senryu

I've been many things Always at the price of self I'm still many things. #senryu

I haven't always Been a cat. And I might not Stay a cat for long. #senryu

Crackling winter winds Stoke a crackling hearth fire Inner cracks soften

Slept through a decade Built again from nothingness Now combine those blocks #senryu

Gliding that tightrope Sharp enough to split the self Whole after pieces #senryu

Low stakes rejection Builds resilience; high stakes Can still activate Deepest trauma in the core- Even possibility. #tanka

Their vines consumed me Nourishing their daily growth Death will not be vain

Hearts can be funny Merely pumping blood, yet more - What am I feeling #senryu

That glimmer off her Glass, complimented smile When melting my heart

Silence alone, there's no end. #7syllablesentance #silence #alone #end

In silence- there is exhale. #7syllablesentence #silence

There is no end, that is new. #7syllablesentance #end

These rules are funny Tents drawing lines in the sand Slight of hand galore and attention diversion - Keep your values and loved ones. #tanka

after that- I remember where I learned darkness #haiku #poetry

#7syllablesentence #silence #rose #flower #bloomscrolling The silence of her beauty

i reach for your hand when in that liminal space those doorway moments. i have caught myself holding my own hand as if it's yours... #tanka

When do jokers laugh At their own expensive jokes Improve stand up game #senryu

Quick brush of rush with the reaper - please don't fear it. Brush our quills instead. #senryu

These fractured timelines - Cause of Mandela effect? Questioned memories. #senryu

Cover of dense fog Obstructing all our senses Villages slaughtered #senryu

holiday senses aromatic simmer pot stirring emotions #senryu

thin ice - I hear my other life #haiku #poetry

Comfort of messy The un judged and just welcomed Home is in the hearth #senry

Me upside down is We, while rolling on the floor - Love this enough, us. #senryu

Skipping the quizzes Testing out of the exams Building character #senryu

I love to dip my toes into the streams of consciousness feeling undercurrents' pull me neither here nor there — my mind finally finding tranquility blessed coolness whispering through my soles while I am not even standing but afloat paradoxical stimulation tank #poetry #freeverse #morningmusings

Discarded dreamlands Scattered throughout dimensions Wings over anchors #senryu

Eat cheese from the block While drinking straight from bottles Shamelessly no guilt. #senryu

Mulling you over While drinking berry mulled wine Never meant to last #senryu

These days are so long Restless nights and wild dreams Voices sense of home #senryu

Glances in a crowd those souls peeping through windows while a smirk appeared #senryu

with one stroke of paint / the moon opens like an eye / and the world forgets #DailyHaikuPrompt #prompt moon paint #haiku

I don't know how long or when it really happened- Decisions were made. #senryu